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be able to paint my toe nails without technical assistance!

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Be able to play and run with my kids.

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Lose weight get healthy and get my life on track

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not be embarrassed to see old friends from high school or college.

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Shop in a "regular" store for clothes

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Surgeon Testimonial

Jorge Acosta, MD
My first impression of him from the seminar, was that he was very informative and professional. his nurses were super nice and one actually had the surgery with him and she looked awsome. he was very firm with his aftercare regamine. they explained everything i wanted to know about the gb. all the pros and cons. he was great. i also spoke with him again at my consult appointment. he was awsome and i have nothing but wonderful things to say about him. and i wanted to say again how awsome the staff was. they made me feel very comfortable...well i got my date..everthing went really fast. they got an approval from my insurance in just days. its all very exciting. and i will be having mysurgery on september 17! and i'll keep y aposted.
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  • Comment by She She ♥ on 9/19/07 11:16 am
    I am so excited you had your Surgery!!! I am sure when you get home you will be so happy! Congrats to you! Lets shrink!
  • Comment by moosemom on 9/16/07 11:11 am
    Congrats to your upcoming surgery and warm thoughts for a speedy recovery!!!
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Soooooo....
on August 8, 2008 5:08 pm
So this pretty much has been an amazing and awsome jouney. Next month on September the 17 2008, it will be my one year surgeversary. And i'm glad to say that i met my goal and am 1 lb under. So I am Sooo excited. I never thought that it would be this good. i thank god and i thank my surgeon and family. I don't know where i would be right now if i hadn't done this. i don't care what anyone says...this is one of the best decision i've ever made in my life. i feel so good about myself and its great!!! 149lbs!!! size 9 jeans.. Its a dream come true!!!!!!
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super stoked.
on June 9, 2008 10:29 am
I bought my first pair of Seven jeans in a size...bam bam baaaaammmm. 11!!!!!!! Freakin-A.
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So its been an even longer while...
on April 10, 2008 2:38 pm
so its been a minute since i've posted on here. but i've been busy living my new life. :) i'm almost 7 months out and i'm down from 272 to 170!! 102lbs lbs!!! can you freakin believe. it. i'm down from a size 24+ to a size 13 juniors. i'm soooo happy. i never thought the day would come where i could shop in a real store without people looking at me like i should know those clothes won't fit me! but now when i went to maurices and i was shopping in the plus size section and the lady told me "i think you can venture to the other side of the store" and i was like wow. i guess i can. :) haha
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Happy F'n new years to me...
on January 3, 2008 9:34 am
so i made my new years goal. i am officially in onederland. i'm super excited. :) and also i had my first wow moment before christmas. i actually bought a pair of size 16 pants and some shirts from the juniors section of JC Penny and PacSun. i was sooooo thrilled. ttyl.
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its been a while longer.
on November 21, 2007 9:45 am
i'm two months and a week out. and everything is going pretty well. i'm down about 56 lbs. and its pretty f'n sweet. i can't really tell a difference. but people around me can. i'm just GREAT! i would do this again in a heartbeat.
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So its been a while...
on October 7, 2007 5:19 pm
So i'm 3 weeks out tomorrow...and i'm doing super. i'm weighing lets see 237!!! Freakin A. thats awsome. the day before surgery i was 264 thats a loss of 27 lbs in 3 weeks. aaahhhh. i never thought it would go this fast. But i don't really feel any different yet. i guess i need to work out more. my girlfriend says my tummy skin is a little more hangy. which i don't guess thats a good thing. but it means i've lost some weight there. my diet just got advanced, which is awsome cause i'm sick as shit of soup. haha. and now i can get in more of my protein through food rather than the super icky drinks. bllaahhh. but i'll take some pics one of these minutes and put them up. or i might wait til my 1 month comes. only a week and a day left. ttyl!!!

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Doo dee doo...
on September 27, 2007 8:52 am
Soooo....so far everything is going ok...i've been feeling awsome...the only bad thing that has been going on is i havne't been able to drink the protein, it makes me friggin sick. even if i look at the can it gives me the dry heaves. so i've been looking for something else. i've found a couple of promising things. soo we will see i guess. so i've lost 31 lbs since i began my journy 2 1/2 months ago....and 22lbs since my surgery on the 17. everyone has been pretty great about supporting me. my sister inlaw wants to get the surgery too and her cousin.  and then maybe my mom and grandma. i guess i've been inspiring. haha. but i just wanted to let everyone know i was ok.
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i was probably overexagerating
on September 21, 2007 8:09 am
so the day i was in pain has clearly subsided. i think i was on drugs when i wrote that. except for the part about the gas. still got it, and its going strong. haha. but other than that i'm what...i guess 5 days out and i'm good to freakin go. except i want to eat everything i see!!! even though i know i can't . i have these cravings. i just want to chew on it a while, i'll spit it out i swear. haha. i don't know if i'm the only one who went through that. but it blows. i havne't weighed myself yet. i'm kinda scared. what if i havn't lost any weight. and the surgery didn't work. cause i feel like being this ok is not ok. something HAS to go wrong. but i hope it doens't!!! PRAY FOR ME PLEASE!!!
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this blows...
on September 18, 2007 5:22 pm
so i pretty much feel like crap right now. i can't breath my chest hurts and i feel like i've been stabbed. which i have so that pretty much explains it. i didn't think it would hurt soooo bad!!!  but it does. and it still hurts and i have a hundred tubes coming out of me. and i can't walk well, but i have been and i have the sickest gas i think ever known to man but i can't "set it free" haa. but anyway i dn't really remember anything after being wheeled away and waking up and wondering why i hadn't had my surgery yet. but fact is i had had it. and i just wasn't feeling it yet. i started walking around as soon as i could even though i am in sooo much pain. i have this HORRIBLE gas that will not go away no matter how much walking i do. i also have this really bad chest pain which  won't go away. i'm layng here in the hospital bed bored out of my mind. so i thougt i'd write really quickly. but anyway tt everyone later.
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MONDAY is FUNDAY...or not so fun day...
on September 15, 2007 10:10 am
So...Monday is the day...the first day of the rest of my life!!! OMG! i am so freakin excited, and scared at the same time. Everything feels like its going WAY too fast. but i guess that is the way i wanted it. Well i went for my pre-op appointment yesterday. it took FOREVER. but i went in and got weighed and they said i gained 3 lbs...but they used a different scale then they weighed me on before...but my scale at home said i lost 5 lbs. so weird. anyway and then i went into this room where i talked to the nutritionist and she gave me the scoop on what i can have and what i can't have. and then i talked to the nurse and she gave me a list of things i needed after my surgery and made me sign a bunch of shit. and then i talked to dr. acosta and he told me all the things that could happen durring and after surgery. so it was a little intimidating. but i was ok. signed the paper and went on my way...stopping to give blood. but i have to start laxatives tomorrow and no more food. :( i don't know really how to feel about that. but its for the better and i know that. i'm ready to see the real me and not this fat lady that has been staring back at me in the mirror for so many years.
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My Story

Ok, so i've always had a little of a weight problem. but in the last 7 or so years it has gotten freakin ridiculous! from 2002 to 03 i went from like 140 to like 210. and from there its just esculated and now i'm @ around 265 or so. and it sucks. i feel like poop all the time, and i have no motivation to do anything, and absolutly no self esteem/worth  and with that my relationship is suffering. and i find myself being depressed alot and just crappy feeling. so i was looking into weight loss surgery. and believe me i've tried diets, working out, pills all that stuff. i havne't had a coke in like 6 months and i lost 5 lbs which i think is already starting to return.

 


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